Byron and Women [And Men]

'Byron and Women [and Men]' is a compilation of new biographical and literary essays, examining the poet's bisexuality and the ways in which it affected his poetry and drama. Areas covered are Byron and gender-studies (a general introduction); Byron's Boyfriends (an aspect of his life which has traditionally been neglected); the Male Gaze in 'The Oriental Tales'; homosexuality in Venice; Byron's Nottinghamshire love-life; sex and gender in Don Juan; bisexuality in Byron and Shakespeare; and, Byron's heroines contrasted with those of Mozart. The volume has as appendices new editions of the notorious poems 'Don Leon' and 'Leon to Annbella', with startling theories as to their authorship.